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HEATING STOVE AND FURNAGB.` No, segn'jgl. Pat ma se 1;.g/a1884.

Nrrnn STATESx HIOHAELT. HYNES, OF SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNORTO l JOHN JOHNSTON, OF SAME PLAGE.

vHEATING sTovE AND FRNAcE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 305,691, datedSeptember 23, 1884.

Y Application tiled February 1,' 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it 11i/wy concern:

Be it known that I, MICHAEL T. HYNEs, a citizen of the United States,residing at South Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain Improvements in Heating Stoves andFurnaces, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- aetdescription, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, makingpart of this speciication, in which- Figure l is a front elevation of aheatingstove constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical section through the center of the same. Fig. 3 is ahorizontalsection on the line .r x of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section onthe line y 1/ of Fig. l.

illy invention relates to certain improvements in heating stoves andfurnaces, and has l'or its object to obtain the maximum amount of heatwith the least possible consumption of fuel.

To this end my invention consists in a stove or furnace provided abovethe combustionchamber with a top or enlargement having a line oriuesextending around its outer edge and communicating with thecombustionchamloer through a suitable aperture, in combination withmeans for conducting the heated air and gases from the top iue or finesat a point opposite to that at which they entered the same down to theflue or fines in the base or lower portion ofthe stove, whichcommunicates with the chimney-flue, whereby a large area ofradiatingsurtace at the top of the stove is caused to become intenselyand rapidly heated, while waste of heat is avoided, and a materialsaving in fuel. thereby effected.

In the said drawings, A represents the base of a heating-stove, in whichis formed the ashpit B, thc walls of which on each side are made double,`forming tlues or passages b b, which connnunicate with the verticalpipe (l, leading to the chimney.

D is the body of the stove, within which formed the combustion-chamberE, and surmounting the body D is an enlarged top or chamber, G, placedimmediately above and communicating with the combustion-chamber E.XVithin this chamber G is placed a vertical circular partition, c,forming au annular ilue, H, extending entirely around the outer edge orportion of the top or chamber G, the partition e being provided at therear with an opening, d, through which (when the damper e, leading fromthe combustion-chamber to the vertical pipe C, is closed) the hot airand products of combustion pass into the flue H,

from the front portion of which they are conducted into two descendinglines or pipes, I I, and thence, as indicated by the arrows, Fig. l,down` into the fines I) b of the base A, and around the latter to theascending pipe C. up which they pass to the chimney.

At the center of the top G is an opening, f, provided With a removablecover, g. This opening may be used for the reception of a kettle, ifdesired, and also affords convenient access to the chamber and to theflue H, in case it should be desired to free the latter from anyobstruction; but this opening maybe dispensed with, if desired. By thusproviding astove or furnace above the combustion-chamber with anenlarged top having an extended area ot' radiating-surface, andproviding said top with a llue extending around its outer edge,

y communicatingat one portion with the combustion-chamber and at itsopposite portion with means for conducting the heated air and gases downinto the lines of the hollow base, it Awill be seen that the hot air andproducts of combustion are compelled at iirst, before becoming cooled,to pass entirely around the hollow top of the stove, thus intensely andrapidly heating the latter before passing down int-o the lower portionof the' stove, while the descending pipes 'I I, which are arranged infront ofthe body D, also at'l'ord a large area of heating-surface, andby this construction the heat is utilized to such an extent that inpractice bnt little is allowed to pass to waste, thus enabling me toeconomize the fuel to the greatest possible extent, reduce the waste orloss of heat to a minimurmand greatly increase the heating capabilitiesoi the'stove. Vhen the fire is first started the dampcrcis opened andthe smoke allowed to pass directly into the chimney instead of into theflue H.

The top or chimney, G, instead of being of circular form, as shown, maybe of oval,.rcctangular, or other form, as preferred. l am aware or" theUnited States Letters yIOO Patent granted to J. and E. Ivlvackus,February 18, 1841, and also of the reissue Letters Pateut granted to Vm.A. Barlow January l, 1867, No. 2,486, and lay no claim to theconstruction therein shown and described, my improved stove differingfrom those described in the aforesaid patents in `having an annular fluearranged Within its enlarged top separated from the combustion-chamberbya partition, whereby the hot air and products of combustion are causedto pass entirely around the hollow top of the stove near its outer edgeor periphery, thus rapidly heating the same.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. A heating stove or furnace provided above its combustion-chamber witha top or enlargement having a vertical partition, c, and a flue or fluesextending around its outer edge or portion and communicating with thecombustion-chamber, and separated therefrom by said partition c, exceptat the inlet-opening,

in combination with means for conducting the heated air or gases fromthe top iiue or fines to the hollow base or lower portion of the stove,and thence to the chimney, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2; In a heating stove or furnace, the body D, surmounted'by a top orenlargement, G, provided with a flue or fiues extending around its outeredge or portion, and communicating with the combustionchamber E throughan inlet-opening, d, in combination with the de-v scending pipes oriiues I I, leading from-thatv portion of the iiue H opposite to theinlet' opening d down into the hollow base A, substanti ally asdescribed.

3. In a heating stove or furnace, the body D, having a top or enlargedchamber, G, located immediately above the combustionchamber E, andcommunicating directly therewith, and provided with a partition, c, anda iiue, H, extending around its outer edge or portion, and communicating at or near the rear of the stove with the combustion-chamberby means of an inlet-opening, d, in combination with the descendingpipes I I, arranged in front of and on either side ofthe body D, and

`extending from the front portion of the iiue H down to the frontportions of the flues b b

